Zweibrücken public observatory
| Zweibrücken public observatory | ||
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 Zweibrücken public observatory |
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| place | Zweibrücken | |
| Client | Natural Science Association Zweibrücken | |
| Architectural style | Observatory | |
| Construction year | 2002 | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 15 '41 " N , 7 ° 21' 34" E | |
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The Public Observatory Zweibruecken is from the Natural History Society Two bridges maintained Observatory . It is located on the Zweibrücken campus of the Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences at an altitude of 321 m above sea level.
history
Professor Peter Pokrowsky from Zweibrücken from the Institute for Microsystem Technology (IMST) had the idea of setting up an observatory on campus. The reason for this was the passing of two comets , Hyakutake C / 1996 B2 in 1996 and the Great Comet of 1997 Hale Bopp C / 1995 O1 , and the solar eclipse on August 11, 1999.
Pokrowsky founded the Natural Science Association in Zweibrücken in 1999, and the observatory opened in 2002.
In August 2018, the building in the design of the robot was R2-D2 from Star Wars - films deleted. In March 2019, the R2-D2 observatory received a lot of media attention after actor Mark Hamill , who plays Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films , tweeted about the observatory.
Instruments
The main instrument of the observatory is a reflecting telescope of the type Schmidt-Cassegrain mm with a mirror diameter of 35.6 cm (14 inches) and a focal length of the 3910th Various eyepieces with focal lengths of 10–40 mm and magnifications from 98x to 391x are used on this telescope.
A SolarMax telescope from Coronado with an aperture of 4 cm and a focal length of 40 cm is available for observing the sun. The associated eyepieces allow a magnification of 16x to 50x.
opening hours
When the sky is clear, the observatory is open to visitors on Friday evenings from 8 p.m. as well as for special astronomical events and by appointment.
Web links
- Homepage of the Volkssternwarte Zweibrücken. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
- Zweibrücken public observatory. In: Natural Science Association Zweibrücken. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
- Everyone looks at the Zweibrücker R2D2. In: University of Kaiserslautern. Retrieved April 7, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Supported the campus development with a lot of vigor. In: Palatine Merkur. July 24, 2017, accessed April 7, 2019 .
- ↑ The observatory becomes a Star Wars figure. In: Palatine Merkur. August 27, 2018, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ How a professor turned an observatory into a gigantic R2-D2. In: ze.tt. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ equipment. In: Volkssternwarte Zweibrücken. Retrieved April 6, 2019 .